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drill into

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drill something into someone or something

 and drill something in

Fig. to force knowledge into someone or something Learn this stuff! Drill it into your brain. Drill in this information so you know it by heart!

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drill something into somebody

to have something repeated very frequently You learn vocabulary by having it drilled into you.

Related vocabulary: hammer home something

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drill into

v.

1. To penetrate some surface by boring: The geologist drilled into the Earth's crust.

2. To teach or inculcate something to someone by constant, intense repetition: The teacher drilled the multiplication tables into the bored students. The teacher tried to drill into our heads the capital of every country.

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